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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with its hundreds of millions, may become self-supporting in its food supply. Coupled with the gains from the land, man will have the technical ability to farm the sea instead of simply harvesting it; scientists believe that they will soon be able to breed and control fish and shellfish in large quantities and to cultivate underwater plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The '60s to The 70s: Dissent and Discovery | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...paolin II, an antiviral agent. Both were extracted from the juices of the abalone by Dr. Chen Pien Li at the National Institutes of Health. Similar extracts from quahaugs (thick-shelled clams) have been found to be active against some forms of cancer in mice. So far, chemicals from shellfish appear to have only moderate potency, but the sea offers an almost infinite variety of other potential sources, such as algae, corals and sponges, and the bacteria that live in or on them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pharmacology: Drugs from the Sea | 9/5/1969 | See Source »

...then, it is cold and wet on Omaha. From the Channel, the north wind knifes in, and the beach is desolate except for the occasional lonely figure poking for shellfish. As the tide recedes, the ugly debris of war emerges: a black shape here, a jagged something there. The silence is awesome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: THE BATTLEFIELDS REVISITED | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Significantly, they eat little or no hard, or "saturated," fat.* They also eat little of the foods that contain much cholesterol, such as egg yolks, shellfish and organ meats. On the basis of early research, scientists assumed that the cholesterol found in mushy, atheromatous deposits in diseased coronary arteries came from the cholesterol consumed in foodstuffs. They had to abandon this simplistic view as soon as they realized that the human body manufactures cholesterol from several raw materials, notably the hard animal fats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: To Save the Heart: Diet by Decree? | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

Keeping kosher can be a real test of a housewife's menu-planning. Certain foods, such as pork and shellfish, are absolutely prohibited. Kosher meat, which must be slaughtered under rabbinical supervision, has to be drained of all blood before being eaten-which means soaking it in cold water for half an hour and then salting it. In some urban areas, shopping at least is no longer difficult. Nearly 500 food companies produce more than 2,500 supermarket-stocked items that have been approved as kosher by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations-including milk substitutes made from soybeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jews: How to Be a Kosher Housewife | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

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